Lance Armstrong is still “The Shit” in my book

Lance Armstrong is still “The Shit” in my book – Screw Nike and everyone else that drops him, I won’t wear another swoosh!  As for Trek, Giro, FRS, Honey Stinger, 24 Hour Fitness, Anheuser-Busch and Radio Shack, I don’t use their crap anyway.

I haven’t blogged in a while, but I HAVE been working my arse off.  Easy weeks have been 9 hours and peaks weeks at 15 hours per week of running and riding.  My weight is 165-168 which is nearing my target, but I might look to be 160-163 by year end.

I have remained injury free for quite a while now, having tested the limits of my training load.  I can take more and more training as I drop the weight.

Upcoming Events:

Edwards Olympic distance triathlon Nov 3^rd, I won the last one.

Ironman AZ (IMAZ) volunteer Nov  18, I’m volunteering so that I can get priority entry to the 2013 event.

Mojave Narrows Half-Marathon

1:37:41, a minute faster than my previous PB, good for 24rth out of 232 and 3rd in the 45-49 Age Group. This will be my last year in this group. Missed the 1st place  by a minute and a half.  Not bad considering the course was not exactly a cake-walk.

Still a few more pounds to go.   I can train for two hours a day but I can't push my plate away.  

Olypic distance tri ar Edwards AFB

I was a  really fun low-key event.  Thanks to all the volunteers, you rock!  I'm healthy and training around 10 hours week.  Edwards 2nd tri was a very small venue, but it still fells awesome to execute a plan and win, < 2 minute 100's in the 1000m swim, 22 mph on the 26M bike and 7:30 miles on the 10k run.

Validation - Triathlon at Edwards AFB 2-25-2012

It is nice to see the work pay off.  I got 4rth place in the first triathlon at Edwards AFB.   It was a sprint distance, 500M swim, 12.8 mile bike and 3 mile run.  It was a good time and most important, I beat all my work buddies and own the bragging rights around the office.  SWEET!

The pounds are coming off slowly.  My training focus is SLOWLY building my run mileage back to 25 a week and getting more comfortable in the water…BREATH!

Its weird

When did exercise change from something that I do to who I am. At what point in time did exercise become training and when did I first consider myself an athlete? The quest has changed me; I can’t imagine what the finish will do.


I swam 2 miles in one hour today after being out of the pool for over 6 months. I can ride a bike over 20mph for 5 hours. I can run a marathon in 3 and ½ hours. The changes are good.

Weight Management for Triathletes

...so I read this book a few weeks ago and one of the recommendations for motivation was to put your head on your favorite triathletes body.  So first I pasted my head on Rinny's body and that was just weird!  So here is my mug on Macca's body.

So Things are Looking Positive Again

 

So things are looking positive again after a long on again off again relationship with my left hip flexor(s).  I building my running back up and am currently at 25 per week which is pretty easy for me.  I think I ‘ll look for around 30 or 35 as a base running mileage while I get my weight problem figured out.

Yes I have a weight problem.  I have been a “chubby” guy most of my life and when I set out to be a triathlete the pounds quickly dropped off from 220 to 165.  Great! Right?  Well I also have a 141 IQ and with all that brain power I quickly learned how to exercise 2+ hours a day and still gain weight; a master of compensation.  As I sit right now I am 180, 5 or 6 of that weight is water retention after the Tour De Palm Springs Century ride I did a couple of days ago, but even 175 is a problem.  At 5 foot 10.5 inches tall I need to get down to 160-ish.

Ok back to the positives, I rode my 2^nd century ride this past Saturday it was 102.8 miles and I completed it in 5 hours and 21 minutes.  A very respectable time considering all of the traffic signals in Palm Springs.  My average speed including all of the stops was 19.3MPH.  I now have the speed on the bike I need to reach Kona and I have the Marathon time.  I need to start competing more and LOOSE SOME *^%&% WEIGHT~!